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Comment by pibbz

This is a lead-in to the quest "Knowledge in the Deeps" that starts in Ironforge. If you have completed Knowledge in the Deeps, this book will not drop.

Comment by sillywalks

Having killed over a hundred of both types of mobs that are supposed to drop the book, I question its existence.

Comment by xXAshlinaX

I think you have to have completed 'Cave Mushrooms' and 'Onu' for this to drop as I farmed for it a little before I did these and it didnt appear and when I had completed these quests it dropped on the second of the mobs. Basically I think you have to be on (or completed) the quest where Onu at the Grove of Ancients gives you a scrying phial which is a follow up to the quest 'Cave Mushrooms' which you can get in Auberdine. Hope this helps.

Comment by Xinhuan

This book is just an exceedingly rare drop, there are no requirements to find it, nor is it unattainable after completing "Knowledge in the Deeps". It took about 300 kills to find mine (at level 70).

Comment by Tamika

If you wish to farm this item to do the quest and you're high level you might found it useful to know that:

They respawn very quickly (sometimes a new mob appears on the same place when you just landed a killing blow a previous mob)

Having completed "Knowledge in the Deeps" will not disable you from getting this book

I've got in less than 15 minutes of killing.

Comment by calafae

Group with a few lowbies in Auberdine who are doing the "Mushroom cave" questline. One step (http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=944) runs them right through Master's Glaive and I got this book from our 4th Twilight Disciple killed tonight. Lucky? Maybe. Or maybe it was good karma for helping the lowbies, or better odds because we had more teammates. Either way, a nice way to spend 10 mins for easy XP.

Comment by josangeorge

Does anyone know if the draenei can get the book? Or is it just me having a bad day?

Comment by SoupWOW

Around 100 kills, at level 80, using ice lance to pwn the mobs. I had also missed two of the other quests on this list of rare/hard to find quests. It's been really useful for getting my Loremaster of Kalimdor title, which is now all I need for "The Loremaster", since finishing up in Northrend yesterday.

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Comment by Stafu

Got it after about 40-50 kills. As someone mentioned, the respawn rate on the mobs that drop it is very fast. I found the best way to farm it was to just go around the murloc statue thing in circles, and killing a mob every couple seconds I never had to wait for respawns.

So although the drop-rate is low, it's not too hard to farm.

Comment by disregardlc

Ugh, this is taking forever. Killed over 300 now, 45 minutes and counting... Hopefully I didn't complete this years ago and the item will actually drop!

Comment by scottishhaig

Dropped after all of 5 minutes for me. Very fast respawn rate.

Comment by anaamika

Counts towards Loremaster of Kalimdor.

Comment by llSmithll

The book by the altar has a knockdown effect if you stand by it.

Comment by misterknister

The book by the altar with the knockdown effect is a tribute to the great movie Army of Darkness.Remember the wrong copy of the book Necronomicon on the graveyard ;)

Comment by moosandra

Got it in approx 15 mins. Biggest thing I was concerned about was having to wait for respawns (lvl 80), but it wasn't an issue.

Despite turning it into Ironforge, it counts for Loremaster of Kalimdor.

Comment by Refardeonn

To clarify:

This quest DOES count for the Loremaster of Kalimdor achievement.The drop rate is very low.The mobs around this area (Twilight Thug, Twilight Disciple) respawn VERY quickly. I did this on my level 80 warlock, dotting up mobs and looting, never had to stop and wait for them to respawn.

Good luck hunters!

In addition: In case you're wondering, it took me about 40 minutes of consistent farming for this item to drop.I'm sure it can vary, I'm just horribly unlucky =).

Refardeonn, Stormrage-US

Comment by krasna

The book can drop from either a Twilight Thug or Twilight Disciple, located at the Master's Glaive in Darkshore.As of 8th December 2009, the book still drops

My thoughts are that for a level 80 attempting Loremaster this is a relatively easy, but possibly boring farm for 1 quest.

Krasna - Feral Druid - Sylvanas EU

Comment by Estelwen

From what everyone else says, I got extremely lucky. It dropped on my 4th kill.

Comment by lizette

The drop rate on this isn't as bad as all that. I got it on my 19th kill, and the thugs and disciples respawn fast enough that you really don't have to wait much, even at 80.

Comment by Deevan

According to the Wowhead profiler I had completed the follow up quest. 2 hours of grinding and a ticket to a GM later (never answered) I ended up with 8 stacks of linen, 6 stack of wool, various useless greens, a very-tired-of-buying-junk Hakmud of Argus and one Book: The Powers Below.

On a positive note, I got my polearm skill from 1-350 as a level 80 feral druid. (Useless, I know, but one step closer to all my weapon skills maxed.) And last but not least, I did my part in the war effort against the level 14-16 Twilight Hammer cultists.

Comment by Froguska

Got it on 60-70th kill (took me ~10mins) - kinda lucky.

Comment by KeybladeBandit

Fun little fact about the area: The books on pedestals in the center aren't static. While farming this book I walked by one of them and it whipped open and I got a knockdown effect. Just a fun little thing. :)

Comment by gamedisciple

Luckily, the respawn rate on the cultists is very fast. I found that by making a circle around the area, that they would consistently pop as I made it around. Drop rate is still low but at least they've made it easier to farm.

Comment by awsemogreeb

Got the book to drop on my 3rd kill.

I feel so lucky after reading all the above comments saying it could take a ridiculous amount of farming.

Comment by mckaysalisbury

Maybe it's 4.0.1, but this dropped on my third kill too.

Comment by Sammael

Just an update, this book and the mob that would drop it no longer exist as of 4.0.3a. Enjoy the new Master's Glaive quests though!